Legal Opinion
In re the Personal Restraint of Smith
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 14, 1999No. Nos. 67182-6; 67390-0PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
These consolidated personal restraint petitions ask us to determine the applicability of former RCW 9.94A.150(1) (1996) to certain class B offenses. The question is whether the Department of Corrections (DOC) erroneously applied the statute when it capped petitioners’ “earned early release time” at 15 percent of their respective sentences. We find DOC was in error and grant the petitions.
FACTS
Petitioner James Smith was convicted of attempted rape in the first degree, burglary in the first degree, and residential burglary. The sentences on the burglary charges have expired but Smith remains…
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